Deedy, C. A. (2007). Martina the beautiful cockroach. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree.
Martina is a cockroach who is looking for love and marriage. Many different suitors come calling and she doesn't know how to pick the correct one. But, Grandmother cockroach has the perfect solution to Martina's problem. Will Martina listen to her grandmother and find her true love?
Lesson Plans for Martina the Beautiful Cockroach:
After reading this folktale to the class, have them work in pairs and read other folktales from different countries and make a poster to compare and contrast at least 3 other folktales.
More ideas here: http://www.vaasl.org/pdfs/Conference_Handouts/2010/Raspen%20-%20VRC%20Extensions%20part%203.pdf
(5) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories; and
(B) compare and contrast the settings in myths and traditional folktales.
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